DocM Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 2nd star to the right, straight on till morning.... NASA Johnson Space Center paper: Warp Field Mechanics 101 Presented at the DARPA-NASA 100 Year Starship Symposium http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110015936_2011016932.pdf Warp Field Mechanics 101Dr Harold "Sonny" White DARPA-NASA 100 Year Starship Symposium - 30 Sep 2011 ABSTRACT: This paper will begin with a short review of the Alcubierre warp drive metric and describes how the phenomenon might work based on the original paper. The canonical form of the metric was developed and published in [6] which provided key insight into the field potential and boost for the field which remedied a critical paradox in the original Alcubierre concept of operations. A modified concept of operations based on the canonical form of the metric that remedies the paradox is presented and discussed. The idea of a warp drive in higher dimensional space-time (manifold) will then be briefly considered by comparing the null-like geodesics of the Alcubierre metric to the Chung-Freese metric to illustrate the mathematical role of hyperspace coordinates. The net effect of using a warp drive technology coupled with conventional propulsion systems on an exploration mission will be discussed using the nomenclature of early mission planning. Finally, an overview of the warp field interferometer test bed being implemented in the Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory: Eagleworks (APPL:E) at the Johnson Space Center will be detailed. While warp field mechanics has not had a Chicago Pile moment, the tools necessary to detect a modest instance of the phenomenon are near at hand. > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Holy moly! They have GOT to get working on this bugger! Interstellar space travel in my lifetime? YES PLEASE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOC Veteran Posted October 27, 2011 Veteran Share Posted October 27, 2011 Warp 1 engage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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